{"id":97256,"date":"2025-08-20T16:54:06","date_gmt":"2025-08-20T16:54:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/97256\/"},"modified":"2025-08-20T16:54:06","modified_gmt":"2025-08-20T16:54:06","slug":"morgan-wallen-will-not-submit-music-for-2026-grammy-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/97256\/","title":{"rendered":"Morgan Wallen Will Not Submit Music for 2026 Grammy Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/morgan-wallen\/\" id=\"auto-tag_morgan-wallen_1\" data-tag=\"morgan-wallen\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Morgan Wallen<\/a> will not be submitting his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/music\/\" id=\"auto-tag_music_1\" data-tag=\"music\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">music<\/a> for consideration at the 2026 Grammy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/awards\/\" id=\"auto-tag_awards_1\" data-tag=\"awards\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Awards<\/a>, Wallen\u2019s team confirms to The Hollywood Reporter, removing one of the biggest act in the business from contention.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tHis team didn\u2019t provide any further comment or detail beyond confirming the decision. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tWallen hasn\u2019t been embraced by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/recording-academy\/\" id=\"auto-tag_recording-academy_1\" data-tag=\"recording-academy\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Recording Academy<\/a>\u2019s voter base since he became the biggest country act in the business in the early 2020s, only receiving his first Grammy nominations last year thanks to his appearance on Post Malone\u2019s country smash \u201cI Had Some Help.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tStill, even through several controversies including the infamous use of a racial slur back in 2021, Wallen has become the undisputed biggest country artist in the world. He has by far the best-selling album of the year with I\u2019m The Problem, which has spent 11 weeks atop Billboard\u2019s 200 Albums chart since its May release. It became the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/news\/music-news\/morgan-wallen-im-the-problem-spotify-streams-1236219299\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> most-streamed country album<\/a> of the year in less than a day, and songs from the album have lined the Hot 100 throughout the summer, with \u201cWhat I Want\u201d featuring Tate McRae <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/news\/music-news\/morgan-wallen-im-the-problem-tops-charts-1236230835\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">topping the chart back in May.<\/a> <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tThis isn\u2019t the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/grammys\/\" id=\"auto-tag_grammys_1\" data-tag=\"grammys\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Grammys<\/a>\u2018 first time getting the cold shoulder from a major artist over the past several years. The Weeknd famously boycotted the Awards back in 2021 citing a lack of transparency on how the awards are decided. He made up with the Grammys at this past year\u2019s show, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/news\/music-news\/the-weeknd-return-2025-grammys-boycott-performs-1236125487\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">making a surprise appearance<\/a> to perform \u201cCry For Me\u201d and \u201cTimeless,\u201d with Recording Academy CEO Harvey Mason Jr. introducing him and acknowledging the controversy. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\t\u201cCriticism is OK. I heard him. I felt his conviction,\u201d Mason Jr said at the time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tRepresentatives for the Academy and for Wallen\u2019s record label Big Loud didn\u2019t immediately reply to request for comment.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tThis year\u2019s Grammy eligibility period will end Aug. 30, with first-round voting beginning on Oct. 3 through Oct. 15. 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